Reliability Improvement Engineer - Arla Foods, Stourton Dairy, Leeds

Arla Foods; Leeds; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job description

Arla Foods

Reliability Improvement Engineer

Arla Foods, Stourton Dairy, Leeds, LS10 1AX

Working pattern - Monday – Friday

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Annual Pay review
• Employer pension matched up to 6%
• X4 annual salary life assurance cover
• Flexible Benefits- buy additional days annual leave, reward gateway scheme- discounts with various retailers via my benefit platform.
• Strong career development & training (internal and external training)

Role Overview:

Join our team as a Reliability Improvement Engineer at Arla Foods Stourton. You will be responsible for creating a reliability culture across maintenance, engineering and operations. The role will include owning and analysing data, prioritising, leading and implementing technical and non-technical reliability improvements across operations, maintenance and engineering. This role demands ownership and leadership in all aspects of reliability and maintenance to eliminate unplanned events, machine stops and enhance overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) as well as deputise for Area Maintenance Manager.

How would you make an impact?

• Lead and grow reliability culture across operations and technical functions by owning cross functional stakeholder weekly and monthly reliability meetings to prioritise, measure, and validate improvement actions using data.
• Be the area SME and own reliability tools and methodology; Integrating new technology and plant, change management and improving reliability or cost. For example; own asset criticality, FMEA, asset and maintenance strategy, asset care plans, spares inventory, kaizen, root cause.
• Hands-on approach to problem solving, and implementing engineering improvements. Able to work alone, with and through others including contractors and OEM.
• Analyse and improve reliability strategies and the cost of maintenance, using risk-based and critical risk adjusted economic thinking, alternate execution strategies.
• Own and analyse pareto data, find and implement ways to create uptime efficiencies technical and non-technical for example competence and scheduling.
• Bring and develop new ways of working and world-class techniques and methodologies and ownership of reliability measures and improvements: Asset technical availability, MTBF, Kaizen and RCA close out.

Grow with Arla

• Competent with Office 365.
• Experience in maintenance strategy development and implementation. Proficiency with tools like CBM, RCA, FMECA, and CMMS (SAP PM).
• Excellent communication and presentation skills written and verbal.
• Proficient with data handling, Excel, Pareto, Power BI and SAP experience is desirable.
• Formal qualification in engineering discipline with a HND, and/or BEng Degree desirable but not essential.
• Leadership experience having held a supervisor or team leader role would be highly desirable.

Please apply using the link or reach out to Alex Tyrrell, Senior Talent Partner, at [e-mail].

Shape the Future of Dairy

Arla is a global leader in the dairy industry, committed to producing high-quality products while championing sustainability and innovation. We're passionate about people and our planet, striving to unleash the full potential in each of us. Our goal is to make healthy dairy nutrition and good food habits accessible to all. Join us at Arla Foods and become part of a worldwide cooperative dedicated to making a significant impact on the planet and steering the dairy industry towards a sustainable future.

We are devoted to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work. Diversity and collaboration are key to our success, propelling us to new heights in the dairy industry.